Wednesday, May 30, 2012

new cake plate...

dang that Martha Stewart and her super cute stuff...


isn't this sooo pretty...


ahhhh....


its so tall, I can use it as a cloche',
imagine all the treasures I can display...
but for now how 'bout cake...


one,


two,


three,


four,


hahahaha
five,


six layers!!!


and it still fits under the glass,
we better hurry and eat it,
looks like its going to topple!!!!

p.s. I got this at Macy's



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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

pooped!!!!

well I am officially pooped out!!!
what a week....
we are having all the floors replaced, which has been an adventure, plus birthday's, volleyball tournaments, basketball tournaments, and the hardest....living in a house while getting new floor...
sooooo, if you read my post down below about not getting the floor in, here's what happened...
the floor guy had the IRS seize his bank accounts, so when I gave him my deposit he used that money  for customers before me, to put there floors in, so he had no money for my flooring....aggghhhh, so ....
the adventure began,,,
this was on a Wed. so after we had a talk,  he said for sure he would go pick up my product and be at my house on Monday...(of course I asked for my deposit back, but it was already spent), hahaha, and even after he had told me he used my money for other jobs, he asked me if I would give him the rest of the money for the job....no, way, I am not that dumb...
so the wait was on, will they come, have I been ripped off?
Monday they came and ripped the carpet out of the family room and prepped, then left...
ok, now I am happy but scared, will they come tomorrow?
they did...
and started laying my floor...


here is what I chose..
Armstrong Luxe vinyl plank flooring
in Provincal Brown...


this is what they started putting in
Barnyard gray...

now what to do?
do I have them send it back, if so, knowing I may never get it back,
with all the problems with him and not having money (oh, just in case you are wondering, I checked him out and all seemed good)
so, even thou its not what I had my heart set on, I had them install it,
mind you I have had most of my furniture and treasures on the back porch for a month now...




these installers have been the nicest guys!, not there fault on what's been going on...


I had them do a three foot perimeter around the floor so I can have carpet installed in the middle to look like a throw rug, alot cheaper and I get the benefits of stain gaurd...


at this point I had to leave to go to my daughters award assembly...


looks nice huh...
but, I ordered the carpet in gray...
right carpet, wrong color...



so this will be changed...
I have had my friends tell me how mad they would be and I should do something,
but you know, if this is the only thing bad in my life right now, so be it,
things could be alot worse, and
you know they say things happen for a reason,
maybe God thought I had bad taste in my color choice on the vinyl and thought it should be this color...
hahahahaha




Thursday, May 17, 2012

garage sale find...

I love seeing what all of you find at garage sales and am always amazed...


this weekend I found this...


its beautiful...


how could they have sold this,
and for a dollar...


its perfect for some fresh cut roses!





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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

goodbye...

Update...
only me!!! I guess this dream is not happining...
they never showed up this morning and when I got a hold of them, the stories started!!! in other words, I think I just lost alot of money, my deposit, and my house is all over the place...now I guess the fun will start, seeing how to get my money back.

new update...
well guess what?  he has been using my money to do other jobs, this used to be a reputable business when his dad was alive, so he has till Monday to make good...
mind you that I put my deposit down a month ago.
I am going to keep a good attitude and really hope for the best!


old green carpet!!!!! hooray!!!!!



this will be going bye bye...
I am having a plank vinyl floor put in, I wanted something durable.
this room is the family room so I am having them put the wood vinyl around the perimeter and having carpet laid in the middle so it will look like a rug, this was way cheaper than buying a large rug, and the carpet is super stain resistant...


can't wait...


it was supposed to go in a week and a half ago, but they called because they got behind on another job, so all our stuff has been in other rooms and our kitchen table has been on the back porch....


no more green carpet,
and how I loved this when we built our home fourteen years ago...


now all the flooring will be the same,
this floor really did well, it is a roll out vinyl flooring that looks like wood,
it really held up well, it has in the last two years started lifting in the corners and seams,
I will update on the progress today...
sooooo excited and super pooped out from all the work of moving stuff out!

Monday, May 14, 2012

booth

I worked in my booth and thought I would share...
seriously, I should get a prize for cramming the most stuff into a small space...lol...





















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pretty bottles

this weekend I made some quick bottles to put in my booth,


supplies...
vintage bottles, images from Graphic Fairy and some I bought from Etsy,
shipping labels, vintage lace and ribbon...






I just printed images on the shipping sticker labels, attached them to vintage bottles added lace and ribbon and some fresh cut roses.


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